My mum’s birthday was coming up and we were thinking of what to bake. My mum isn’t that much of a sweet tooth and not the biggest cake supporter. She normally likes something light and easy to eat. I always wanted to try to make those apple roses (also they look very pretty) as I have seen them all over the internet and then thought this would be a great occasion. The puff pastry apple roses are great to bring to dinner parties, picnics in the park or just to the office as a little snack!
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes
Difficulty level: medium
Ingredients:
1 sheet of puff pastry
2 big apples
1 lemon
5 tbsp sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
a pinch of salt
Wash the apples and do NOT peel them. Cut in half and take out the middle part and then cut slim slices (approximately about 5 mm thick but you do not need to measure it, just go with the flow really).
Then once cut, put in a big pot filled with water. Add the lemon juice and 2 tbsp sugar and bring the water to boil. To test when the apples are ready, you should take an apple slice out and see if you can easily bend it. Once the apples are done (it took about 10 minutes for me), take the slices out and put on kitchen roll and allow to cool them.
Mix the sugar, cinnamon and cloves well together. Then take the puff pastry (yes, I was too lazy to make this from scratch) and divide up into 7 slices.
Then take one part and add the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Now along the long side, align the apple slices along the edge (you can have them slightly overlapping).
Flip over the puff pastry onto the apples and roll up from the short edge and make sure you keep it tight.
Then place in a muffin tray (I used muffin cases but you can also just butter the form and put them straight in).
Bake for 30 minutes and then let completely cool. Once the apple roses are cool, cover them in icing sugar and you are good to go!
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